Falling Skies
2011 · TV Series · TV-14 · 60 min · ★ 7.1 · 74% critics
After a devastating alien invasion cripples the world, scattered survivors form small resistance groups outside the cities. As supplies run thin and danger closes in, ordinary people become citizen soldiers, protecting their community while striking back in a risky insurgency against the occupying force.
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Details
- Years
- 2011–2015
- Release date
- 2011-06-19
- Network
- TNT
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-14
- Runtime
- 60 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 74/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (1,324 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a post-invasion survival series with a scrappy resistance and steady momentum early on, like Defiance or Revolution; Not for you if you need consistently tight plotting and minimal family melodrama.
Pros: strong early seasons; bingeable tension; likable core group | Cons: later seasons unfocused; too much family drama; ending disappoints many
Themes
- post-apocalyptic future
- alien
- alien invasion
Awards & recognition
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Special Visual Effects · 2013 · nominated
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Special Visual Effects · 2012 · nominated
Cast & crew
Noah Wyle
as Thomas 'Tom' Mason
Moon Bloodgood
as Dr. Anne Glass
Will Patton
as Captain Daniel 'Dan' Weaver
Drew Roy
as Hal Mason
Connor Jessup
as Ben Mason
Maxim Knight
as Matthew 'Matt' Mason
Colin Cunningham
as John Pope
Sarah Carter
as Maggie
Mpho Koaho
as Anthony
- JS
Jessy Schram
as Karen Nadler
Directed by Noah Wyle, Rob Lieberman, Seith Mann +20 more
Created by Robert Rodat
Episodes5 seasons · 52 episodes
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